James D. Morgan

James Dada Morgan (1 August 1810-12 September 1896) was a Brigadier-General of the US Army who fought in the Mormon War, Mexican-American War, and American Civil War.

Biography
James Dada Morgan was born on 1 August 1810 in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. He was originally a merchant sailor, and in 1834 he moved to Quincy, Illinois after he survived a mutiny and a fire on his ship USS Berkley. He led mounted riflemen of the Illinois Militia during the Mormon War, and later served with the 1st Illinois Volunteer Regiment under Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. After the Battle of Buena Vista he was promoted to Major, and on 29 April 1861 he was promoted to command the 10th Illinois Infantry Division at the start of the American Civil War. Morgan led his brigade in the Army of the Mississippi. He took part in the battle of Island Number Ten and the First Battle of Corinth before being promoted to Brigadier-General of volunteers on 17 July 1862. During the campaigns of Stones River and Chickamauga, his brigade was placed on reserve, but at the Battle of Missionary Ridge during the Siege of Chattanooga, he was lightly engaged against the Confederate States Army. He later led a division in the Georgia Campaign, and served in the Battle of Bentonville in 1865. In August 1865 he was mustered out of service. He spent the rest of his life as a banker and businessman, and died in Quincy of lupus (when the body's nervous system accidentally attacks healthy tissue).